GDLive Newsfeed
We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
Angella's family
access_time 6 years ago
Angella received a $471 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer for buying household items ( 2 mattresses, 1 pair of bedsheets). I paid school fees of 400,000ugx, I also bought 20 bags cement,1 trip of sand for plastering my house. I paid constructors 80,000ugx and a medical bill of 200,000ugx.I have the balance of 200,000ugx which am still planing for."
Julius's family
access_time 6 years ago
Julius received a $471 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer for buying household items(kitchen utensils,mattress). I paid a debt of 400,000ugx and I have saved 1,000,000ugx which I intend to use for constructing a new iron roofed house."
Harriet's family
access_time 6 years ago
Harriet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for building ironroofed house and buying household items like mattresses, plates ."
Christine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Christine received a $470 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer on purchasing household goods/clothes ( mattress at 310,000ugx,curtain at 12,000ugx ,utensils at 18,000ugx. paid school fees at 250,000ugx,rented 3 gardens at 1050,000ugx,bought gnuts at 60,000ugx"
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose received a $470 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to sand at 100,000ugx, aggravate stones at 200,000ugx, cement at 240,000ugx, a window at 90,000ugx, mattress at 115,000ugx ,bed sheets at 32000, curtains at 15,000ugx, sauce pan at 20,000ugx, plates at 170,000ugx, agricultural labor at 40,000ugx, basin at 45,000ugx, water jag at 2,500ugx, medicine 15,000ugx, food at 35,000ugx and savings worth 627,500ugx"
Miria's family
access_time 6 years ago
Miria received a $470 initial payment.
"When I received my first cash transfer worth 1,700,000ugx, I have bought a mattress at 130,000ugx, I paid tuition of 50,000ugx and 20,000ugx was spent on food. I have kept the balance of 1,500,000ugx with intent to plan with my spouse how to spend it when he comes."
Sharon's family
access_time 6 years ago
Sharon received a $470 initial payment.
"When I received my first cash transfer worth 1,700,000ugx, I have bought ten iron sheets 324,000ugx, deposited 50,000ugx, I paid 200,000ugx for cement, I bought a mattress of 110,000ugx. I am making bricks for constructing my house and so far 18,000ugx. I also bought clothes of 100,000ugx for my family and spent 50,000ugx on food. I have started a small scale business with 250,000ugx and the balance of 598,000ugx which I intend to use g starting construction work."
Anna's family
access_time 6 years ago
Anna received a $470 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer for purchasing 2 mattresses at 240,000 ugx,clothes for my self and children at 205,000 ugx, food at 179,000 ugx, debt at 16,000 ugx, and millet at 60,000 ugx. I have not yet spent 1,000,000 ugx but am planning to spend it to paying a plot of land that am intending to buy."
Josephine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Josephine received a $470 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer on Build materials ( cement,iron sheets,timber) at 1,000,000ugx, household goods mattress at 110,000ugx,curtains at 12,000ugx,utensils at 36,000ugx,food at 40,000ugx, labour 202,000ugx and the balance 300,000ugx."
Jesca's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jesca received a $470 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy three mattress at 255,000ugx, a bull at 800,000ugx, poles and grass at 250,000ugx, hired agricultural land at 100,000ugx, school uniforms at 60,000ugx, food at 100,000ugx. The balance of 135,000ugx is what I'm planning to use for making bricks."
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